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Do one thing, do it well - this week I spent most of my time creating a live preview module for microsites.
Something that came up in my discussion with Dave Liddament for the Beyond Blocks podcast was that there seem to be two ways of writing PHP code. One is writing strict code by enabling strict typing, using parameter and return types, and leveraging tools like PHPStan at a high level to analyze...
Meet the blökkli starterkit for Drupal. Spin-up a preconfigured Decoupled Drupal setup with Nuxt 3, GraphQL and blökkli to get started developing within seconds. Enjoy the powerful and elegant editing experience offered by blokk.li, a fully interactive in-page editor based on the well-known Drupal...
Migrating your content to a new CMS can feel daunting. You have years and years of content to sort through and move over, and you have no idea what obstacles might be hiding in the weeds. In the back of your mind, the question looms: “Do we really need all of this content?” You don’t want to waste...
We matched last week’s record: again 26 MRs merged! :D Experience Builder (XB) already had a hierarchy view for a while. Lauri worked with the Acquia UX team to change that to match the more common “layers” pattern (used in Photoshop and Figma). Harumi “hooroomoo” Jang made that a...
Today, we're building on our previous work with field widget settings. We will cover migrating view modes, a prerequisite for migrating field groups and field formatter settings. We’ll then walk through migrating field groups. Field formatter settings will be addressed in our next article....
We are in the middle of September and that means it’s time for our regular update on what’s going on with the Drupal CMS. Let’s check out what’s new! Documentation The Drupal Association is on a mission to bring world-class documentation and maintenance software for Drupal CMS launch and beyond. In...
Blocks are basically content containers that are showcased in distinct sections of a website including social sharing buttons, “Who’s online” sections, recently viewed content, and social media feeds. Custom Blocks that are available through GUI operate similarly to node entities. In this guide,...
This week, I learned there is a Drupalisms Working Group - a group focused on de-jargoning Drupal and making it easier for newcomers to Drupal by removing some of the Drupal-specific language. From the introductory blog post: If you’re familiar with Drupal, you will have learned its language....
Yes, that title borders on click-bait, but fundamentally it is true. While it is possible to use the Drupal upgrade tools to migrate a site off of Drupal 7, there are reasons why almost 9 years after the release of Drupal 8 there are still thousands of sites on Drupal 7. If it was easy to...
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